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The End of Policing: A New Book on the Problem of Policing

October 19, 2017October 24, 2017 Julie Hawks police brutality, policing

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The Soul of Black Comics: An Interview with John Jennings

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Julian Chambliss #comicsandrace

This month, I had the opportunity to speak with John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and a Cooperating Faculty

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Transformative Anti-Racist Politics at the University of Michigan

October 11, 2017October 14, 2017 Austin McCoy #BlackLivesMatter, black protest, student activism

What happens when college and university administrators are unable to prevent white supremacists from spreading racist propaganda on their campuses?

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Race, Racism, and Southern Myths

October 4, 2017October 8, 2017 William Sturkey Jim Crow, Migration, police brutality, Post-Civil War, Racial Violence, racism, reconstruction, slavery, South, white supremacy

In 2010, two historians edited a collection of thirteen essays written by white historians about “The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism.”

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Imagining Black Technological Practices in Contemporary America

September 13, 2017September 16, 2017 Alyssa Collins Activism, black lives matter, black protest, hashtag, Literary studies, technology

As practices of online protest evolve into historical narratives, we should take time to consider alternate technological practices developing within

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